The European Ceramic Society
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UK
MTC
Developing and proving bespoke, innovative manufacturing processes and technologies in an agile, low risk environment, in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions.
Director :
Email : Clive.Hickman@the-mtc.org
Phone : (0)2476 701600
Address : MTC (Coventry), MTC Limited, Ansty Park, Coventry, CV7 9JU
Website : www.the-mtc.org
Research topics :
- CerAMake: development of a flexible binder jetting machine for higher end manufacturing of technical and non-technical ceramics.
- Low cost additive manufacturing of technical ceramics: Improving the use of low-cost stereolithography to manufacture high quality ceramic parts at a rate afford to SMEs.
- Additive manufacturing of foundry filters: Demonstrating the use of ceramic binder jetting to improve flow characteristics and reduce oxidation in use as foundry filters, with design process optimisation.
- Non-destructive testing of additive manufactured ceramics: Ceramics produced by AM checked for consistency of dimensional tolerances and internal surface metrology.
- Additive manufacturing of casting cores: Additive manufacturing process developed for leachable casting cores.
- Heat treatment optimisation for additive manufactured ceramics: Optimisation of curing, binder removal and sintering to improve the engineering properties of low-cost additively manufactured ceramics.
- Nanoparticle jetting to additive manufacture ceramics: Fabrication of dense, highly complex alumina and zirconia parts for advanced engineering use.
- HIP and CIP for 3D Printing: Hot and cold isostatic pressing of highly complex additive manufactured parts
- ASTM benchmarking: Contribution to standard development and guidelines.
Contact information for all research topics:
Contact name : Dr Tom Wasley
Tel : +442476701524
Email: Tom.Wasley@the-mtc.org
Contact name : Dr William Rowlands
Tel : +447970962688
Email: William.Rowlands@the-mtc.org
Exceptional facilities :
- National Centre for Additive Manufacturing, including commercial ceramic stereolithography, binder jetting and material jetting capability
- European Space Agency Additive Manufacturing Benchmarking Centre
- Powder characterisation for additive manufacturing
- Metrology for surface, internal, and non-destructive testing for quality control for additive manufacturing
Financial support programmes :
- European funding:
- Regional fundings:
- National fundings : Catapult high value manufacturing, Innovate UK
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